Three men take 32-mile walk to fulfill a child's wish

Published
8:00 pm EDT, Tuesday, September 22, 2009

NORWALK

Three men embarked on a 32-mile walk Sept. 19 at City Hall to raise money to help a fulfill a wish of a child from the Make a Wish Foundation.

The walk had been the dream of Ted Persons, 59, and his two best buddies Tom Sampson, 50, and Scott Anyan, 40, all are members of the British Dart League, none of whom had any training in a long distance walk-a-thon.

In past years, the three men had organized yearly events including dart tournaments to contribute to the Make a Wish Foundation. This year their goal was to raise $8,500 to completely fulfill a child's wish.

The foundation mapped their trek, which went halfway up Route 7, then to the back roads of Redding, into Danbury and on to New Fairfield with their final destination Squantz Pond.

Two cars loaded with water, snacks, first aid kits and cameras followed them with five friends to following every step. Mike Nyberg marked their turns and updated the Tweeter page through out the day.

The walk began at 6:30 a.m. and ended with tears and cheers at Squantz Pond at 4:30 p.m.